By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Decades before whistleblowers like Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks released classified information through secure digital networks, in 1971 a group of eight political activists broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, and stole over a thousand private documents which they mailed out to newspapers. But much like the revelations… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: 1971

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) A promising young dancer relegated to the lowest level of the company, Justin Peck was given the rare opportunity in 2013 to choreograph the 422nd new piece performed by the New York City Ballet.  The process is showcased in the pretty good backstage documentary Ballet 422, which opens at the Bloor Hot… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Ballet 422

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) After winning the Audience Award at Hot Docs last year, The Backward Class is finally opening at the Bloor Cinema today, and will be playing there until February 16th.  Tickets and showtimes can be found right here. This heartfelt and highly recommended documentary follows the fifteen original students at Shanti… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Backward Class

By John Corrado Fresh off receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, the excellent Last Days in Vietnam is opening at the Bloor Cinema this evening, and will be playing there until January 29th.  Tickets and showtimes are right here. After the resignation of President Nixon, the North Vietnamese Army was gaining ground in Saigon, as… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Last Days in Vietnam

By John Corrado After playing to sold out crowds at Hot Docs, Advanced Style is opening at the Bloor Cinema this weekend, a feel good film that arrives just in time for the holidays.  Tickets and showtimes, through to January 9th, can be found right here. Photographer Ari Seth Chen is the creator of Advanced… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Advanced Style

By John Corrado A thoroughly engaging look at what it takes to live on the edge of the planet, the spectacularly filmed documentary Antarctica: A Year on Ice opens today at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema.  Tickets and showtimes are right here. Although many workers and scientists populate the base camps and research stations over… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Antarctica: A Year on Ice

Every year, The Nutcracker ballet is performed all over the world, the music of Tchaikovsky providing one of the many sounds of the Christmas season.  But what exactly goes into staging a ballet that features so many dancers and is often performed with a young cast? This is exactly what the confectionary documentary Getting to… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Getting to The Nutcracker

By John Corrado Premiering at Hot Docs, Beyond Clueless is circling back to Toronto and playing twice this weekend at the Bloor Cinema, with tonight’s screening appropriately followed by a special showing of the 2004 film EuroTrip.  Tickets and showtimes are right here. After John Hughes all but defined the high school genre in the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Beyond Clueless

By John Corrado Two of the year’s best documentaries are opening this weekend with Art and Craft and Harmontown both starting limited runs at the Bloor Cinema, a pair of standouts from Hot Docs that come highly recommended.  The former will be playing until October 16th, with the latter wrapping up a week earlier on… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Art and Craft and Harmontown

By John Corrado After premiering to a standing ovation at Hot Docs, To Be Takei is circling back to Toronto this weekend for a limited run at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.  Showtimes and tickets are right here. First gaining fame as Sulu on Star Trek, George Takei has found a dedicated and enduring fanbase over… Read More TIFF Bell Lightbox Release: To Be Takei

By John Corrado After winning the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance, and premiering in Toronto during Hot Docs, Rich Hill is opening at the Bloor Cinema today.  The critically acclaimed film will run until August 28th, tickets and showtimes are right here. Andrew is very close to his family, but lives with the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Rich Hill

By John Corrado After premiering at TIFF last year, and coming back to the city for Inside Out, The Dog is opening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema this weekend and will be playing until August 21st.  Showtimes and tickets are right here. After holding up a bank to try and fund his partner’s sex… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Dog

By John Corrado Premiering at Hot Docs and emerging as one of the best films at the festival, An Honest Liar is opening at the Bloor Cinema today.  James Randi will be around for a Q&A after tonight’s screening, and the film will be playing numerous times until August 21st, tickets and showtimes are right… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: An Honest Liar

After picking up the Audience Award for Best Documentary at this year’s Sundance, Alive Inside is opening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema in Toronto this weekend, and will be playing multiple times until July 31st.  Showtimes and tickets are right here. Directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett, the film follows Dan Cohen, the founder of the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Alive Inside